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Review: Alessandro Casini ‘Do Colors Dream Of Electric Sound?’

4th November 20264th November 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Alessandro Casini, Experimental, Independent, Vibroplettri

There is something deeply fascinating to me about Alessandro Casini’s Do Colors Dream Of Electric Sound?. Perhaps it is the

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Review: Abscence ‘Each Fervent Kiss’ EP

13th October 202613th October 2026 Lee Beamish Abscence, Black Metal, Independent

So, just over a year ago, I stumbled upon a band whose music I don’t usually give my time to

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Review: Astriferous ‘Atavistic Unraveling’

12th August 202612th August 2026 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Pulverised Records

One of the greatest thrills of being a music lover and collector is discovering a band from a far-flung corner

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Review: A World Worth Burning ‘The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead’

23rd July 202623rd July 2026 Matthew Williams A World Worth Burning, Argonauta Records, Post-Metal

I’m taking another step into the emotional, meandering world of post-metal with the debut release from American quartet A World

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Review: A.A. Williams ‘Solstice’

18th June 202618th June 2026 Lee Beamish A.A. Williams, Alternative, Dark, Reigning Phoenix Music

As a long-time fan of A.A. Williams, one thing that has always humbled me is the artist’s ability to take

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Review: Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ‘The Trouble With The Shovell’

27th May 202627th May 2026 Matthew Williams Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Heavy Rock, Rise Above Records

From a long-term admirer, it is bloody great to hear new music from the wonderfully named Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell.

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Review: Amulets ‘Rem(a)inders’

26th May 202626th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Amulets, Electronic, Pelagic Records, Soundscapes

The keen-eared talent scouts at Pelagic Records seem to have an endless resource of artists they unearth and try to

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Review: Acid Plato ‘Horòs’

29th April 202629th April 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Acid Plato, Kraut, Psych, Sound Effect Records

Former founding members of Kavala, Greece, psych acid folk rock trio The Dead Ends, Giorgos Sechlidis and Dimitris Apostolidis, with

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Review: Abrams ‘Loon’

24th April 202624th April 2026 Matthew Williams Abrams, Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock

I first became aware of Denver’s Abrams when I reviewed their last release, Blue City, two years ago for The

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Review: Azken Auzi ‘Infernua’

8th April 20268th April 2026 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Azken Auzi, Doom, Sludge

French sludge doom duo Azken Auzi have returned to the fold with their new record Infernua on Argonauta Records. The

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Review: Aurelia Anne Cohen ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

31st March 202631st March 2026 Martin Williams Americana, Anti-Corp Music, Aurelia Anne Cohen, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

While I personally have not yet covered any of Anti-Corp Music’s mainman, Dan Emery’s fabled The Magnolia Sessions, I’ve been

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